{"id":122037,"date":"2021-05-09T14:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T06:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=122037"},"modified":"2021-05-09T14:29:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T06:29:05","slug":"nigeria-violence-gunmen-attack-multiple-police-checkpoints-for-rivers-kill-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=122037","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria violence: Gunmen attack multiple police checkpoints for Rivers, kill six"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/bbc\/Latest-Police-attacks-in-Rivers-state-Gunmen-attack-multiple-police-checkpoints-for-Rivers-kill-seven-officers-1255393?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/859\/85956501.295.jpg\" alt=\"Unknown gunmen don kill some police officers for Rumuji\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ABUJA, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, working in collaboration with the illegal Eastern Security Network on Saturday attacked a Divisional Police Headquarters in Odoro Ikpe in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and killed six persons.<br><br>It was gathered that the police station was set ablaze and operational vehicles and other valuables destroyed in the attack which occurred in the early hours of that fateful day.<br><br>The Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, who confirmed the attack said five police officers and a wife to a police officer were killed.<br><br>He said the police authority in the state is already in Ini LGA for an on-the-spot assessment of the attack.<br><br>\u201cYes, there was an attack at the Divisional Police Headquarters, Odoro Ikpe, in Ini Local Government Area. Six persons including five officers and a wife of an officer were killed. I am at the station as we speak,\u201d he said.<br><br>Our correspondent reports the attacks is latest in the series of attacks against security personnel by suspected members of IPOB and ESN in the state.<br><br>It was gathered that no fewer than 11 security personnel have been killed and police vehicles and others infrastructures destroyed in the renewed onslaught against the security operatives in the state.<br><br>The Chairman, Ini LGA, Isreal Idaisin, has roundly condemned the invasion adding that necessary steps have been taken to restore normalcy.<br><br>In an unsigned statement that is already trending on the internet, he said the armed bandits invaded the police station with sophisticated weapons.<br><br>\u201cThe gunmen who came in two buses and a Sienna, numbering more than 40, arrived Ini LGA with sophisticated weapons and broke into the police facility at precisely 2:45 am, killing five policemen on duty, burning vehicles while inflicting injuries on others.\u201d<br><br>He alleged that the police officers who attempted to repel the gunmen were overrun.<br><br>He however commended the youths of the LG whom he said were proactive in raising the alarm which helped to reduce the number of casualties. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABUJA, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, working in collaboration with the illegal Eastern Security Network on Saturday attacked a Divisional Police Headquarters in Odoro Ikpe in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and killed six persons. It was gathered that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":122039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122037"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}